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Welcome to the Southern Crescent District Website!

The Southern Crescent District is in the Atlanta Area Council, serving Scouts, Leaders and Parents in Clayton County and South Fulton County. See the BeAScout website for location and contact information for Cub Scout Packs (Kindergarten through 5th Grade are Cub Scouts), Scouts BSA Troops (end of 5th Grade to age 18), and Venturing Crews. 

For an overview of Scouting, see this "We Are Scouts" video or this Pack 1030 animoto; or this "What Scouting Does Right" video; or this one about Cub Scout Camping and Outdoor Activities!  Or this one from a Michigan Troop (the activities depicted have been done by local Troops too!), or these.  Deciding between Sports and Scouts (you can do both):  see this clip.  Like us on our Facebook Page! And see this Smugmug gallery of District Events and this older District Flickr Photo Site.  Need more information? Please contact:

  • Our District Chair, Broderick Talley, our interim District Commissioner, Ron Gates, or our District Executive Paul Odom, Field Director, or all of them at this email. (Ron Gates and Micah Womack are District Vice Chairs.)
  • Our Units (Packs, Troops and Crews) through the contacts in the Roster of District and Unit Adults.

Forgot how to Login (forgot the Username and Password)? Click here. Please see the "Menu" of items to the left.  As noted in the Website Guide, "About Us & How to Join" tells you about Scout Programs and Units, gives you the paperwork needed to join; Cub Scout Meeting Plans gives you "rip and run" complete plans for Meetings with your Scouts, and the Cub Scout Month by Month Activity Ideas will give you easy + fun ideas of cool places to go and things to do including this Great Big List of Places to Go (good for Scouts BSA Troops and Visiting Relatives too); "Leader Training" shows you how to learn more for an easier + better program, and more.  The Southern Crescent District serves South Fulton County, including Chattahoochee Hill Country, College Park, East Point, Fairburn, Hapeville, Palmetto & Union City, and Clayton County, including Jonesboro, Riverdale, Rex, Forest Park, Morrow, Lovejoy and Lake City; many of us are friends with the South Fulton County Chamber of Commerce, Keep South Fulton BeautifulSafe Kids Georgia programs.

Recruiting Step Five: Sign Up Events – Yes, Have More Than One!

Posted on Jul 13 2025 - 2:23pm

Sign Up Events are not “one and done” – every Pack and Den should have more than one sign up event, because any fun Den or Pack event can be a “welcoming” event for new families, and a time to join.  A big opportunity is a “back to school” fun event to get new families signed up and engaged, scheduled with your school in coordination with your Field Director/Acting District Executive, Paul Odom – and if your Pack is Prepared, you can run your School Sign-Up Night yourself, just like you'll run your Fun Sign-Up Events on your own.

  • We do share both a great Sign Up Event plan and script at the Council Sign-Up Events page that you can download and edit to fit your Pack and Leader Team.  More below.

Any group joining event will need to cover what families need to know, which is shared at in our updated Guide to Pack Recruiting

  • a Welcome and brief Overview of Cub Scouting,
  • focusing on your Pack Program and Activity Highlights,
  • a brief description of Dens, Handbooks & Advancement,
  • a brief recognition of Den Leadership (and how every parent helps),
  • plus brief information about Uniforms and Costs and your Pack approach to each. 
  • Then pitch for completion of Online Registration through your Online Registration link

In that Guide to Cub Scout Family Recruiting, we’ve included a Script for any Sign-Up Event and we’ve also attached it in Word so that you can download and revise to fit your own Pack.  The Script breaks down the content into topic by topic parts noted above:

  • For group presentations, you can assign different volunteers to make the brief pitch (and show that every parent helps – it’s not just the Cubmaster leading Cubs). 
  • If you have an in person “station to station” event, those script topics can be delivered at your stations. 

More support is at our Sign Up Events page and the related pages about the Steps for Successful Recruiting.

Opt In, Opt Out

Posted on Jul 13 2025 - 2:14pm

If you're no longer involved or interested in Scouting and you want to "opt out" of these messages, email the Webmaster and we'll drop you from the list.  But If you want to be "all in" on Scouting, see our Leader Training page (good resources for parents too through the National On Line Training site at ScoutingU with the same login as at My.Scouting.Org), and if you want the login codes, just email the Webmaster ... If you want to add parents or leaders to the distribution list who are not in your unit's roster herejust email the Webmaster.

What's On This Website?

Posted on Jul 6 2025 - 4:59pm

See this Website Guide to see what is on this website - useful for many, not just local Southern Crescent people.  Email webmaster@southfultonscouting.com if you need the login.  FYI, this Website is an "off the shelf" website product used by Scout Troops and Packs. 

The Atlanta Recruiting Plan is Pack-Run, Year-Round and Local

Posted on Jul 6 2025 - 4:56pm

Dear Cub Scout Leaders (and Commissioners and other District Volunteers who love Cub Scout Leaders): Evolving since 2019 and confirmed by Field Staff in 2024, the Atlanta Area Council Membership Recruiting Plan is Pack-Run, Year-Round and -- because "All Scouting is Local" -- focused on your local program, your local promotions, your local schools and community, your local leader needs, and your local joining events!

Go to the Atlanta Area Council Recruiting Resource Page at scoutingatl.org/recruitingresources where you’ll find:

Want Even More? Related pages tie into the Steps to Successful and Sustainable Recruiting:

  1. Make a Calendar of Fun Activities that families like – your Pack’s big fun activities that current and future families will want to join -- activities that are fun and enriching for all.
  2. Let People Know – Promote Your Pack Program!  There are many ways to let families know what you're doing -- and highlight the benefits of Cub Scouting in your local Pack.  (Don't forget to update your BeAScout Pin and Online Registration Tools)
  3. Find More Leaders and Helpers - one by one, find folks who can help your unit out (do this throughout your recruiting process).  That page now has links to the recent Engagement Series Videos and many more resources.
  4. School and Community Presence – “Adopt a School” and many many methods to cultivate interest and awareness in your local Pack program, and get more School and Community support.
  5. Once you've laid that foundation, have Sign-Up Events: not just School Sign-Up Nights, but Fun Den and Pack Welcoming Events Too!  Any fun den or pack event can be a welcoming joining event ... and not just at "back to school" time.
  6. More Fun Events.  Keep expanding and extending your Calendar of Fun Events … want ideas?  See these Fun*Simple*Easy Activities.  Many!  Want Advancement?  We have simpler, easier fun "Assembled" Den Meeting Plans and resources.   

Other Pages cover Parent Orientation and Scouts BSA Recruiting (honestly, the key methods for Troops are like the Six Steps above minus School Sign Up Night because Scouts BSA aged kids will join because they want to not because Dad and Mom want them to).   And the Council's Membership Plan is found in these downloads from the District and Council Tools page -- the Plan includes both a "School Playbook" for Professional and Pack partnership and planning for School Sign-Up Nights, plus The “What Do We Do When We Have No School Access” Playbook.

Hazardous Weather Training

Posted on Jul 6 2025 - 4:56pm

You may have noticed ... knowing about Hazardous Weather is important.  Take Hazardous Weather Training every two years at my.scouting.org.  Be Safe.  More about Scouting's Hazardous Weather Training is here.

Southern Crescent District, AAC, BSA

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